Thanks everyone for chiming in .... Going to make really sure the water pump mounting bolts are coated with sealer
putting the system all together. pressurize the cooling system dry ....let it sit a while with pressure on it as we know it should hold if the integrity of the system is good before putting coolant in it.
My trans cooler is separate from my radiator as a stand-alone system as I have seen that milky mess in a transmission on a fire truck at work once right after they rebuilt the transmission. It takes a lot of flushing to clean one back up.
Thanks and yes ---- No accessories on the left side of the engine...... A quick check with a small screwdriver for depth was done on this bolt as you are correct its easy to do considering we scatter those engines into pieces (at least I do) but one of my practices from working with other experienced mentors of my past was tag N bag. One cannot get any better than this as the gallon size baggies give a person plenty of room for identification with a magic marker of what n where these bolts came from. At least this works for me .
As always I am blessed to be a very small part of a great group like this. I once wondered what it would be like to be able to have a family gathering of all the members with their cars there as at a track so we could get some passes in against one another for bragging rights but more of a brotherhood/sisterhood meeting get together. Probably never happen even though it still crosses my mind. have a blessed weekend everyone ........ Texas Red. Gary C.
